Dog Friendly Cottages In Staveley

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Robert - Verified booking

  Overall disappointed with our stay here, and other than missing being in the lake district, glad to be back home.

  Biggest issue by far at this cottage is sleep, or lack of in our case. The curtains in this property are paper thin, and when the sun rises at 04:30 in the morning, you know about it, like having a search light shone in your face. By night 3 I was that sleep deprived that i was ready to go home, but we found some winter blankets in the airing cupboard and hung all 3 over the whole window, which made it bearable at least, but this had to be done every night. This was the same on the other bedroom too, you get a blackout blind on the velux skylight, but the curtains are the opposite, at least it's an easy fix to rectify the issue (hint hint). To add to this, the pillow did not support your neck and the mattress was hard. We cooked pretty much every night night in the kitchen, so got a good feel for how everything worked. The knives are completely useless to cut anything with, really blunt, I would challenge you to slice up an onion with them, you'll have more luck with a spoon! The plates wouldn't fit in the dishwasher and the dishwasher did not clean any of the dishes, so washed up everything by hand, salt and rinse aid were empty, so no wonder. Not enough pans, there was only 1 small saucepan, and 1 other pan to cook with. Make sure you take tiny bin bags (10L), as you're not provided with any. The TV was pretty old for this day and age, it's got freeview (but only 15 channels to watch), no screen mirror option to put on Netflix etc, but there is an old dvd player. Anyone walking past automatically stares straight at you whilst your sat on the sofa, as the road is right outside, the neighbouring cottage had blinds, this would probably be a better option. Despite this being an old cottage (I think), with thick stone walls, you can still hear the cottages either side of you switching on lights, going to the toilet, going up and down the stairs, you name it, we heard it. The good things about the property were it was easy to find, parking right outside, good location with bus stop in the village, there was enough room for 2 people plus belonging, but you would struggle with 4 people. There is a big 3 drawer separate freezer aswell which was a bonus, but wasn't clear from the description. Unfortunately we would not stay again in it's current condition, but hope the owners take the feedback onboard to improve the experience for future guests.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  This is a first for us we have always been very satisfied with our previous bookings with sykes, however on this occasion, we were dissatisfied with the misleading description of the property.

  The location very good but the property would not be our first choice of booking due to having a young dog who is still in training, there was no mention of stairs & upstairs bedrooms, leather furniture is not practical with a young dog and the enclosed patio was misleading as it gives the impression that it's behind or adjacent to the property & it is not, the property photos does not reflect the actual cottage we were staying in, in fact the photos appear to be of the next door property which is attached to another 3 cottages, there is also a request on the back of the main door no dogs allowed in the bedrooms but it is open plan & no provision for the dog to NOT go upstairs ,( i.e stair gate ) we had to block the stairway with chairs to avoid him following us into the bedrooms which may have caused some disturbance for neighbours as he is only 1 year old and has a loud voice. Some of the kitchenware was not to the usual standard of previous sykes bookings, acceptable, however previously we overpacked, in this case we underpacked. We do not normally complete your customers surveys as our previous bookings have always been satisfactory, but we felt it necessary to voice our opinion on this property, we have to stress the property itself would be ideal for a couple however our booking priorities are for our dog which means back yard/garden enclosed area where he can have toilet breaks without having to put a leader on him and walking him outside late at night and early morning, we believed the patio would give us this provision, the stairs are a no go as its very impractical for a young dog, no means to stop him adventuring upstairs, it was very difficult trying to keep him down on the first couple of nights, it was a lovely cottage but we felt a little mislead and disappointed Previous skyes bookings have fulfilled our expectations but on this occasion, unfortunately we didn't feel we could relax as much as we had hoped

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• John - Verified booking

  Lovely little cottage in a quiet, peaceful spot.

  Well furnished and comfortable. We really liked it and the site operators seemed nice. It is a nice little place and pretty accessible by road to Windermere and the surrounds. We had no problems at all. I disagree with some feedback. For example, the dishwasher and curtains were totally fine and worked well. There were some points though, which whilst they didn't bother us hugely, could be easily improved on. The microwave is done. It may work but it is rusted inside and out and should be replaced. The cost of this is minor. The dishwasher is clearly on the way given the noise it makes on drying but worked fine for us. We would have appreciated some soap or hand cleanser in the bathroom and the air freshener obviously needed replaced and binned. An extra loo roll would've been good. The fridge drawers need replaced as mentioned in other reviews. The fan in the bathroom doesn't work and leaving the window open wasn't an option as rain got in from the roof even if just left slightly open. Not a problem otherwise and not raining. Extra cups/drinking glasses and a new frying pan (the one there is clean very old) are needed. The lounge electric fire is very loud and above the TV. Settled after a while but sounds like it needs replaced also. On arrival almost all of the dishes were coated with grease. They were filthy. This was obvious on all the cooking tools above the cooker. We just put them all through a cycle and they were fine once out. This I suppose is down to the previous visitors and not the owners with a property like this. All in all it is a charming little cottage that is generally very cosy and comfortable. However at the cost we paid for 5 nights, these small improvements would have meant we'd have given 5 * in all categories. Feel slightly sorry not able to for the above reasons. We would go back though and were talking to next door who were back a second time.

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• Karen - Verified booking

  I stayed at the property with my husband and small dog.

  The property was perfectly situated to get around the Lake District and it had a beautiful country view. Although the property had two bedrooms it was very compact I would say that it is not suitable for four adults, maybe two adults and two children. The sofa wasn’t very comfortable and there was only one other armchair so if you were having an evening in there would be three people squashed on the sofa and one on the chair. The TV was small and the remote control had lost the battery cover so you had to hold the batteries in when you wanted to change channels. There were a couple of issues the shower worked for the first morning but then ran cold this was reported but didn’t get fixed we had to report it again after which it was rectified. The other problems were that the extractor fan over the cooker wasn’t working the on off switch was completely missing this was reported but never fixed. The radiator in the downstairs bathroom didn’t work, this was reported but never fixed. The thermostat on the radiator in the upstairs toilet didn’t switch the radiator off and it remained on full blast the toilet was like a sauna, this was reported it was turned off when the shower was fixed but it only lasted for one day and the rest of our stay blasted out at full blast and couldn’t be switched off. There was an area on the kitchen work surface that the Formica had blown and the mdf underneath was visible. The work surface needs to be replaced. This cottage was very pretty but is in need of some repairs and refurbishment. If you have a dog there isn’t an enclosed space to let them out for a wee every time your dog needs to go out you have to put it on its lead and take it out.

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• Ishtiaq - Verified booking

  The whole experience from start to finish was amazing.

  I've read other feedback on this property & where negative it was unjust, yes it's not a mansion (it's a cottage) however it was ample size for 5 of us (3 children) & even though there was space in the cottage for 'me time' the whole point was to spend family time & the beautiful outdoors meant we ventured out every day. Yes the table is a little sticky but that's down to the varnish finish & it wasn't dirty in the slightest. The place was clean & looked picturesque. The dryer isn't the best but the fact it has one is a bonus. The beds were comfortable, along with the duvet & pillows, almost too comfortable making getting up that little harder. The heating was very good, on occasions we had to open a window to balance the temperature, probably because we didn't get round to looking how to set the thermostats. The boiler did have a little issue on one if the mornings however we called the help number provided & by the time we got back from a short outing the engineer was on site & quickly fixed the issue - great service. The fridge freezer is big enough to stock up & the kitchen had everything needed to cook up meals. Large Asda just 15 mins drive away & another supermarket nearer at Windermere, so this place was ideally located. Great views from the window, more than a cottage it was an experience.

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